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B.C. Indigenous groups keeping borders closed to limit COVID-19 spread, despite growing economic impact

Title (Dublin Core)

B.C. Indigenous groups keeping borders closed to limit COVID-19 spread, despite growing economic impact

Description (Dublin Core)

"Indigenous bands along the west coast of British Columbia say their borders will remain closed to tourists and non-residents, despite the economic impact, as they work to raise awareness about the threat COVID-19 poses to their communities."
"'A lot of our communities are remote and testing is not easily available,' she said. 'If you’re in Port Alberni, or Nanaimo, or Victoria, or somewhere (else), you can get testing and get results in 24 hours. It’s not the same with our communities.'

"The closures have resulted in disputes between Indigenous groups and local businesses.

"The Haida Nation in Haida Gwaii have turned away non-residents at the ferry terminal, discouraged leisure travel and called on two local fishing lodges to rethink their reopening plans."
indigenous stories, testing, reopening, frustration, economic impacts

Date (Dublin Core)

July 13, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Nick Wells

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Hope Gresser

Type (Dublin Core)

Article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bc-indigenous-groups-keeping-borders-closed-to-limit-covid-19-spread/?cmpid=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
https://web.archive.org/save/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-bc-indigenous-groups-keeping-borders-closed-to-limit-covid-19-spread/?cmpid=rss&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Source (Dublin Core)

The Canadian Press

Publisher (Dublin Core)

The Globe and Mail

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Community & Community Organizations
English Health & Wellness
English News coverage
English Rural

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

testing
reopening
frustration
economic impacts
borders
British Columbia

Collection (Dublin Core)

Rural Voices
Canada

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

Refugee advocates beseech bylaw to 'warn and inform' after man handed $880 fine

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

07/13/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

08/07/2020
3/17/2021

Date Created (Dublin Core)

2/3/2021

Item sets

Covid 19
Indigenous Stories
Canada

This item was submitted on July 13, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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